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DAVIS v. STATE

No. M2006-01831-CCA-R3-HC.

261 S.W.3d 16 (2008)

Paul T. DAVIS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 31, 2008.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court June 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Davis, Pro Se.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Brent C. Cherry, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General; and Roger Moore, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

DAVID H. WELLES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which, D. KELLY THOMAS, JR., J., joined. JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J., filed a dissenting and concurring opinion.

OPINION

The Petitioner, Paul Tobias Davis, appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief. In his petition, the Petitioner asserted that his sentence is illegal because he was denied pretrial jail credits. The habeas corpus court summarily dismissed the petition because the petition did not state a sufficient reason for not being filed in the county nearest to the Petitioner. On appeal, the...

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